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Autism IT: Employment Expands Internationally

Autism IT: Employment Expands Internationally »

Community Enterprise in Scotland (CEiS), which owns software company Specialisterne, has become a force in autism advocacy. Previously known for recruiting workers with autism, Specialisterne has been awarded a humongous grant of £407,036, or...

April 21 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »
Autism Study Breakthrough?

Autism Study Breakthrough? »

A bio-pharmaceutical company, Cellceutix, has released details about a study that could be a milestone in the fight for a cure along the autism spectrum. In the study, Dr. Krishna Menon compared two groups of rats...

April 21 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

Research

Keep It Down! The Human Voice & Autism »

Keep It Down! The Human Voice & Autism

A research group comprised of scientists from England and Germany recently accomplished an interesting study involving the connection between the human voice and the...

Apr 22 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

Boys vs. Girls: Australia Autism Study »

Boys vs. Girls: Australia Autism Study

Much like a schoolyard of youngsters, autism researchers are beginning to identify the differences between boys and girls with autism. By analyzing the effects...

Apr 22 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

Autism Study Breakthrough? »

Autism Study Breakthrough?

A bio-pharmaceutical company, Cellceutix, has released details about a study that could be a milestone in the fight for a cure along the autism...

Apr 22 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

Move Over MMR: New DNA Tag Research for Autism »

Move Over MMR: New DNA Tag Research for Autism

Valerie W. Hu, Ph.D., mother of a 22-year-old son with autism, teamed up with other researchers at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology...

Apr 22 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

Centers

Autism Prevention: University & Community Unite »

Autism Prevention: University & Community Unite

The University of California Riverside has recently added autism screening clinics to its Autism Resource Center. As an essential part of Early Intervention therapy, the university is urging parents and community members to have their children screened for autism. Utilizing the Autism Diagnostic Observation System,...

Apr 22 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

Adults with Autism: What’s the Next Step? »

Adults with Autism: What’s the Next Step?

By Sara Cann Twenty-two is a tough age. It is the age where college graduates fear having to search for a job—something so difficult they should make an Olympic sport of it. But consider being 22 with Autism Spectrum Disorders, a neurobiological disorder, where society is...

Sep 2 2009 / 5 comments / Read More »

Therapeutic Horseback Riding for People with Autism »

Therapeutic Horseback Riding for People with Autism

By Alicia M. Kershaw, President GALLOP Andrew is a teen aged boy, handsome and bright, but without speech.  He is a gifted artist.  At his first GALLOP lesson he refused to go near the horses. At his third lesson, he sat on his mount and told...

Jul 13 2009 / 7 comments / Read More »

Treatment

New Computer Game Helps Development of Skills for Kids with Autism »

New Computer Game Helps Development of Skills for Kids with AutismFunhouse Treasure Hunt is a new computer game that has been created to help kids with autism develop their sensory processing skills and deal with...

Apr 22 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

The Guide

Book Reviews

Book Reviews

A Different Kind of Genius by Mo Marshall My very first job out of college was working with young children who all fell somewhere into the autism spectrum and major communication disorder pool. I...

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